Undeniable

Another one.
One by one, we are losing them,
our compasses
forced finally to surrender
to flesh.

One less. And then another.
Who will stand?
Who will accept the punishment
equality demands,
accept enough long enough of it to show us
the way and make it
undeniable?

About this poem

John Lewis. Ruth Bader Ginsberg. I am feeling lost this morning.

Tom